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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Legislative Assembly constituency in Punjab State, India}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}<br />
{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
| name = Malout<br />
| map_image = 85-Malout.svg<br />
| state = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]<br />
| district = [[Sri Muktsar Sahib district|Sri Muktsar Sahib]]<br />
| loksabha_cons = [[Firozpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Firozpur]]<br />
| reservation = SC<br />
| type = SLA<br />
| constituency_no = 85<br />
| mla = [[Baljit Kaur]] <br />
| party = [[Aam Aadmi Party]]<br />
| latest_election_year = [[2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|2022]]<br />
| electors = {{formatnum:176573}}<ref name="electorate2022">{{cite web |url=https://www.ceopunjab.gov.in/DownLoadDocument?t=2294&l=En&q=election |title=Voter Turnout Report - General Elections to Punjab Vidhan Sabha, 2022 |publisher=Chief Election Officer, Punjab |access-date=13 March 2022 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>{{update after|2027|6}}<br />
}}<br />
'''Malout''' is one of the 117 [[Punjab Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]] constituencies of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] state in [[India]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ceopunjab.nic.in/English/lpac.aspx |title=List of Parliamentary Constituencies and Assembly Constituencies in the State of Punjab as determined by the delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituency notification dated 19th June, 2006 |author=Chief Electoral Officer – Punjab |date=19 June 2006 |access-date= 24 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ceopunjab.nic.in/English/Elections/SE/List%20Of%20AC%20Name.pdf |title=List of Punjab Assembly Constituencies |accessdate=19 July 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423033326/http://ceopunjab.nic.in/english/Elections/SE/List%20Of%20AC%20Name.pdf |archivedate=23 April 2016 }}</ref><br />
It is part of [[Sri Muktsar Sahib district|Sri Muktsar Sahib]] district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the [[Scheduled Castes]] since 1977. There have been calls from some local leaders and residents to review the reservation status, citing that it has remained reserved for a considerably very long period.<br />
<br />
== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|-<br />
!Year<br />
!Member<br />
!colspan="2"|Party<br />
|-<br />
|[[1957 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|{{vanchor|1957}}]] <br />
| Teja Singh<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=6}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1957 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|{{vanchor|1957}}]] <br />
| Parkash Singh<br />
|-<br />
|[[1962 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|{{vanchor|1962}}]] <br />
|rowspan=3|Gurmit Singh<br />
|-<br />
|[[1967 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|{{vanchor|1967}}]] <br />
|-<br />
|[[1969 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|{{vanchor|1969}}]] <br />
|-<br />
|[[1972 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|{{vanchor|1972}}]] <br />
| Gurbinder Kaur<br />
|-<br />
|[[1977 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|{{vanchor|1977}}]] <br />
| Daua Ram<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1980 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|{{vanchor|1980}}]] <br />
| Matu Ram<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1985 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|{{vanchor|1985}}]] <br />
| Shiv Chand<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1992 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|{{vanchor|1992}}]] <br />
| [[Baldev Singh Ballamgarh]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|United Communist Party of India}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1997 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|{{vanchor|1997}}]] <br />
| Sujan Singh<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Shiromani Akali Dal}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2002 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|{{vanchor|2002}}]] <br />
| Nathu Ram<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2007 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|{{vanchor|2007}}]] <br />
|rowspan=2| [[Harpreet Singh (politician)|Harpreet Singh]] <br />
|{{Full party name with color|Shiromani Akali Dal|rowspan=2}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2012 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|{{vanchor|2012}}]] <br />
|-<br />
|[[2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|2017]] <br />
| [[Ajaib Singh Bhatti]]<ref name=election2017/> <br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|2022]] <br />
| [[Baljit Kaur]] <br />
|{{Full party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Election results ==<br />
=== 2022 ===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|Punjab Assembly election, 2022]]: Malout<ref name=election2022>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/14165-punjab-general-legislative-election-2022/ |title=Punjab General Legislative Election 2022 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |date=10 May 2022 |access-date= 15 May 2022}}</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Aam Aadmi Party<br />
|candidate = [[Baljit Kaur]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:77370}} <br />
|percentage =55.6 <br />
|change = <br />
}} <br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Shiromani Akali Dal|candidate=Harpreet Singh|votes={{formatnum:37109}}|percentage=26.67|change=}} <br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Prof. Rupinder Kaur Ruby|votes={{formatnum:17652}}|percentage=12.68|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Karanvir Singh<br />
|party = Punjab Lok Congress<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:1169}}<br />
|percentage = 0.9<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = [[None of the above]]<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:897}}<br />
|percentage = 0.5<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority||votes={{formatnum:40261}}|percentage= 28.93<br />
|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes={{formatnum:139167}}|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box registered electors<br />
|reg. electors = {{formatnum:176919}} <br />
|ref=<ref name="Punjab Election 2022">{{cite web |title=Punjab General Legislative Election 2022 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/14165-punjab-general-legislative-election-2022/ |website=Election Commission of India |access-date=18 May 2022}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link |winner = Aam Aadmi Party |loser = Indian National Congress |swing = }} <br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 2017 ===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|Punjab Assembly election, 2017]]: Malout<ref name=election2017>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3614-punjab-general-legislative-election-2017/ |title=Punjab General Legislative Election 2017 |author=Election Commission of India |access-date= 26 June 2021}}</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = [[Ajaib Singh Bhatti]]<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:49098}}<br />
|percentage = 36.1<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = [[Darshan Singh]]<br />
|party = Shiromani Akali Dal<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:44109}}<br />
|percentage = 32.4<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = [[Principal Baldev Singh]]<br />
|party = Aam Aadmi Party<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:38663}}<br />
|percentage = 28.4<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = [[None of the above]]<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:899}}<br />
|percentage = 0.5<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:4989}}<br />
|percentage = 3.7<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:135295}}<br />
|percentage = 82.6<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box registered electors<br />
|reg. electors = {{formatnum:164832}}<br />
|ref=<ref name=electors2017>{{cite web |url=http://ceopunjab.nic.in/English/Elections/SE/VS2017/D03-Electors%20and%20Polling%20Stations%20VS%202017.pdf |title=Electors and Polling Stations - VS 2017 |author=Chief Electoral Officer - Punjab |access-date= 24 June 2021}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link no swing |winner = Indian National Congress |loser = Shiromani Akali Dal |swing = }}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 1957 ===<br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[1957 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|Punjab Assembly election, 1957]]}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||candidate=Parkash Singh Badal|party=Indian National Congress|votes=39,255|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent|candidate=Ujjagar Singh|votes=13,571|percentage=|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box majority|votes=|percentage=|change=|}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|winner=Indian National Congress|loser=|swing=}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
* [[List of constituencies of the Punjab Legislative Assembly]]<br />
* [[Sri Muktsar Sahib district]]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{cite web |title=Record of all Punjab Assembly Election results |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/86-punjab/ |website=eci.gov.in |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=14 March 2022}} <br />
{{Assembly constituencies of Punjab}}<br />
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Punjab, India]]<br />
[[Category:Sri Muktsar Sahib district]]<br />
[[Category:Politics of Punjab, India]]<br />
[[Category:1957 establishments in East Punjab]]<br />
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1957]]</div>
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